Dura Works, Dura Street, Dundee

1834-6, 2-storey and attic L-plan, rubble-built, iron

framed flax and jute mill. The oldest mill faces Dens

Road; next was the 14-bay mill in Cowan St. The two are

linked by a 6-bay extension to the Cowan St Mill, fully

completed 1851-7.

Dens Road: 2-storey and raised attic 12- by 3-bay mill.

W elevation: 2 tripartite sash and case windows for beam

engine house towards N end of mill. Original boiler house

in ground floor of mill in 3 bays to N (adjoining later

boiler house excluded from list), and 2 widely spaced

windows at 1st floor. Blind 2nd floor, raised in later

19th century. E elevation: ground floor arcade at N to

boiler house. Projecting stone stair by engine house.

Upper wall carried on stout flanged cast-iron columns with

massive cruciform brackets and large cast-iron beams

inserted in 1860s for access from preparing sheds. Upper

floors similar to W elevation with later lift and wc block

at N. Fenestration at N elevation forms an inverted triangle

with door at base, 2 windows to ground floor boiler house,

3 closely spaced windows at 1st floor and 3 more widely

spaced windows at 2nd floor. Small oculus and flat-topped

finial to N gable. Regular 3-storey 3-bay S gable, with

small oculus and flat-topped finial.

Cowan St: long 2-storey range with cornice and original

attic, built in 3 stages. A regular 14-bay mill with

small engine room marked by a round-headed window at W end.

Complex 6-bay link to Dura St mill, partially recessed and

corbelled, including 2 windows with cast-iron mullions at

1st floor. N elevation: upper wall carried on stout flanged

cast-iron columns inserted in 1870s. 1st floor similar to

S elevation but part with small late addition, brick with

hipped roof, over loading bay, originally a courtyard.

E elevation 2-bay ground floor, with later loading door.

Single window combined with a hoist door at 1st floor.

Cornice, window, oculus and flat-topped finial to gable.

Windows at 1st floor of Cowan St Mill are 12-pane sash and

case, rest are later 19th century 10-pane top-hoppers.

Interior: Ground and 1st floors fireproof. Flanged

cast-iron columns carry cast-iron beams (with eyelets at

1st floor of Dens Road block), brick arches and wrought

iron-ties. Dens Road mill has steel reinforcements and

a single-span timber roof from later 19th century. Heavy

cast-iron columns, beams and massive brackets carry the

N and E walls at ground floor level. Original plastered

timber roof with wrought-iron ties over Cowan St mill,

with continuous skylight to N and single skylights to S

Concrete floor inserted in engine house. Fine spiral stair

with ashlar newal.